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Chance glimpse of star collapse offers new insight into black hole formation
Feb 12, 2026 (AFP)
At least that proved true for one group of researchers whose work took a turn when they accidentally witnessed what appears to be an example of the astronomical...
'The beacons were lit!' A system to detect and map merging black holes
Feb 08, 2026 (SPX)
Such a map would provide a vital new way to explore and understand astronomy and physics, just as X-rays and radio waves did in earlier eras, the researchers sa...
Runaway black hole jet outshines legendary death star
Feb 08, 2026 (SPX)
The outburst comes from a tidal disruption event designated AT2018hyz, in which a star strayed too close to a black hole and was torn apart by intense gravitati...
One dimensional anyons offer tunable quantum statistics
Feb 05, 2026 (SPX)
This distinction stems from the principle of indistinguishability in quantum physics, which states that two identical quantum particles cannot be labeled or tra...
Exploding primordial black hole model may link extreme neutrino and dark matter
Feb 05, 2026 (SPX)
In new research published by Physical Review Letters, the team not only accounts for the otherwise impossible neutrino but shows that the elementary particle co...
Quark wakes reveal early universe plasma flowed like a liquid
Jan 30, 2026 (SPX)
Physicists at CERNs Large Hadron Collider are recreating this primordial plasma by smashing together heavy ions at relativistic energies, briefly liberating qua...
New analysis sharpens view of cosmic birefringence and universe symmetry
Jan 29, 2026 (SPX)
Cosmic birefringence refers to a small rotation in the polarization direction of the cosmic microwave background, the relic radiation from the Big Bang that pre...
Laser method proposed to extend muon lifetime for science applications
Jan 28, 2026 (SPX)
The comparatively large mass of the muon also makes it a sensitive probe for fundamental physics, and the particles underpin a range of experiments in high ener...
Hydrogen nuclei experiment sharpens view of quarks inside matter
Jan 26, 2026 (SPX)
Hydrogen sits at the top of the Periodic Table because its nucleus contains just one proton. That simplest form is known as protium. Like all elements, hydrogen...
What is the universe made of? SLAC experts weigh in on the mysterious force that shapes our cosmic history
Jan 23, 2026 (SPX)
As the Dark Energy Survey (DES) releases its final results, we caught up with two physicists who have been involved in the project from its early days. In this ...
Quantum transport method reads open quantum states
Jan 21, 2026 (SPX)
Quantum technologies, whether computers, sensors or cryptographic systems, all rely on one essential step: the characterisation of quantum states. This process,...
It started with a cat: How 100 years of quantum weirdness powers today's tech
Jan 21, 2026 (SPX)
In a sweeping new perspective published in Science, Dr. Marlan Scully, a university distinguished professor at Texas A and M University, traces the journey of q...
Primordial magnetism offers fresh angle on the Hubble constant puzzle
Jan 21, 2026 (SPX)
The Hubble tension arises because two precise approaches to determining the Hubble constant give significantly different results, despite drawing on high qualit...
Quantum collapse models point to subtle limits in timekeeping accuracy
Jan 21, 2026 (SPX)
To account for this, standard quantum theory assumes that when a quantum system interacts with a measuring device or an observer, its wavefunction suddenly coll...
Heavy impurities reveal new link in quantum matter theory
Jan 21, 2026 (SPX)
In the standard quasiparticle picture, a lone electron or atom immersed in a sea of fermions interacts with its neighbors as it travels through the medium. The ...
Electron ordering mapped in quantum material with cryogenic 4D-STEM
Jan 20, 2026 (SPX)
A research team led by Professor Yongsoo Yang from the Department of Physics at KAIST, in collaboration with Professors SungBin Lee, Heejun Yang, and Yeongkwan ...
Laser timing tech sharpens black hole radio views
Jan 19, 2026 (SPX)
To meet this challenge, a KAIST led collaboration has implemented a reference signal system that sends an optical frequency comb laser directly into radio teles...
JWST red dots reveal rapidly growing early black holes
Jan 15, 2026 (SPX)
A team at the University of Copenhagen's Cosmic Dawn Center now reports that the mystery objects are young, rapidly growing black holes embedded in dense cocoon...
Scientists uncover new quantum state that could power future technologies
Jan 15, 2026 (SPX)
A study published in Nature Physics Jan. 14, co-led by Rice University's Qimiao Si, brings together quantum criticality, where electrons fluctuate between diffe...
This crystal sings back: Illinois collaboration sheds light on magnetochiral instability
Jan 14, 2026 (SPX)
A material's behavior is heavily influenced by its symmetries. One unique symmetry of interest to many physicists is chirality. Chiral materials have non-superi...
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